Did you physically use the piece of wood? no Or did it only make you aware of the possibility to escape? to save confusion, we escaped in time, but seeing the wood made me realise that we weren't in the danger that I had thought we were

Were you at home? no If not: in a public place? private place? privatish part of a public place Did you go there voluntarily? yes - no kidnapping here!!

Was the piece of wood heavy? no could you or did you lift it? I didn't - but you may want to explore this later Is it a common household item? no Is it furniture? no could it fit into the palm of one's hand? no

Were you at school? no in the hospital? no in the shop? noIf the danger was real, would it be a danger of death? no of injury? noAre there other people involved? just me and my two young daughters; this was many years ago

Would the wood have prevented the danger from coming about (for example, by keeping a door from locking)?

Or did the fact that the piece of wood managed to get where it was, show you that something had been possible, and therefore was still possible (for example, if the wood was hanging from the ceiling, there was probably a ladder around somewhere)?

Would the wood have prevented the danger from coming about (for example, by keeping a door from locking)? yes - very good question, but it wasn't exactly a door

Or did the fact that the piece of wood managed to get where it was, show you that something had been possible, and therefore was still possible (for example, if the wood was hanging from the ceiling, there was probably a ladder around somewhere)? no

so you were in the library with your children and thought you had been locked in? no... the main doors were locked? no, the main doors are irrelevant, I had a good reason to go in the staff entrance but that's n/r to the story

Was the wood lying? hanging? standing? on the floor? on the wall? lying on the floorThe wooden thing, is it common in household? not really common unless there's a use for it that's passed me by, but equally you wouldn't be uber surprised to see it in the library? outdoors? Was it unique? no

we've had a bolt, but it is something which would have been used to secure the shutter once in place? it is not a bolt, but it did secure the shutter a bar that goes across it and has a lock on it? no, not like that

The intended use for the wooden thing was: to secure the shutter not to fully close? to secure the shutter not to hit the ground and possibly damage? to secure the shutter not to move? something else entirely?

The intended use for the wooden thing was: to secure the shutter not to fully close? to secure the shutter not to hit the ground and possibly damage? to secure the shutter not to move? this onesomething else entirely?

Was the wooden thing where it was supposed to be? Or was it displaced? If so, did displacing the thing make the shutter close unexpectedly? all correct! Well done. So how does this fit the puzzle statement?

So, you were at the staff part of the library with the shutter. The shutter was kept at its place by wooden wedge (sort of). Suddenly someone displaced the wedge and the shutter started closing. You took your daughters and quickly ran out of the library. Did the shutter have to be kept by a wedge because it was loose? So that you would have been able to rise it manually anyway?

So, you were at the staff part of the library with the shutter. The shutter was kept at its place by wooden wedge (sort of). yes Suddenly someone displaced the wedge and the shutter started closing.yes You took your daughters and quickly ran out of the library. almostDid the shutter have to be kept by a wedge because it was loose? YES So that you would have been able to rise it manually anyway? YES

That is so close that I'm going to declare a

************* SPOILER ****************

I was with my young daughters and was ringing the bell to be let into the staff door. As we were standing there the shutter started to come down. At the same time I heard an alarm go off inside the library. I thought it was a fire alarm and the shutter was automatically falling because of it. We quickly dived back under the shutter - otherwise we would have been trapped between the shutter and the door (about three feet). I then noticed a long piece of wood on the floor and realised that it had been holding the shutter up, it wasn't an automatic shutter, and my youngest was no doubt the one who had knocked it out of place. The alarm was a coincidence (there was indeed a security alert in the library, but the shutter was unconnected and we could have lifted the grill manually

Well done!

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